This is a fantastic overview of the current state of home key locks! I've had my U100 for almost a year now and I've only changed the batteries once. Just got the U300 and am excited to get it installed and. Home key really is one of those magical features that really makes life easier.
All I can say is don’t buy the Level lock. Pure grade A garbage. Bought the Schlage Encode plus and it’s been the great. Battery life is also great, unlike the Level Lock which lasted all of 3 weeks before needing a new battery. Also took them forever to deliver on their thread update. I got my Schlage in July and batteries are still at 75% with 5 people going in and out.
@@AdamsTechLifeI would have to agree with the Level Lock being garbage. Their keypads don’t have a maximum amount of times you can insert a correct code and their actual key slot doesn’t have any security pins. Having no security pins means that the lock is a false sense of security, as even a $15 lock from Home Depot has them, making it substantially harder to pick. I have picked locks before, and not having a security pin in that expensive of a lock is disappointing.
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This is a fantastic overview of the current state of home key locks! I've had my U100 for almost a year now and I've only changed the batteries once. Just got the U300 and am excited to get it installed and. Home key really is one of those magical features that really makes life easier.
So glad to hear you found the video helpful. The U100 is a great smart. I agree, HomeKey is an amazing feature ❤️
Awesome videos sorry I’m soo late
Thanks for watching! 😊
I swapped in a zwave module for the yale assure lock 2 and battery life is dramatically better.
that's great!
All I can say is don’t buy the Level lock. Pure grade A garbage. Bought the Schlage Encode plus and it’s been the great. Battery life is also great, unlike the Level Lock which lasted all of 3 weeks before needing a new battery. Also took them forever to deliver on their thread update. I got my Schlage in July and batteries are still at 75% with 5 people going in and out.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience :) glad to hear schlage is working well for you!
@@AdamsTechLifeI would have to agree with the Level Lock being garbage. Their keypads don’t have a maximum amount of times you can insert a correct code and their actual key slot doesn’t have any security pins. Having no security pins means that the lock is a false sense of security, as even a $15 lock from Home Depot has them, making it substantially harder to pick. I have picked locks before, and not having a security pin in that expensive of a lock is disappointing.
Whats a good smart lock for gates? One-way lock such that people cant unlock by putting their hand through the fence?
none that support HomeKit that i know of. how do stop a hand from going through a gate might be the better question